Last Mass of Father Thomas BylesDOMINICA
IN ALBIS
IN OCTAVA PASCHÆI
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ad S. PancratiumSunday,
April 14, 1912

The column on the left contains the
Propers of the Mass as it was said by Father Thomas Byles
on the morning of Sunday, April 14, 1912. This is the
same text used today on the Sunday in the Octave of
Easter. This page does not include the Ordinary of the
Mass; e.g., the Judica me, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo,
Offertory, Canon, and Agnus Dei. I have put the English
translation of the text to the right. This is not present
in the Roman Missal. I place it here merely for those who
may be interested.

Grant, we beseech Thee, O
almighty God, that we who have completed the
observance of the paschal festival, may keep it,
by Thy bounty, in our life and behavior. Through
our Lord.

Epistle. 1 John 5, 4-10

Lesson from the Epistle of blessed
John the Apostle.

Dearly beloved, Whatsoever
is born of God, overcometh the world; and this is
the victory which overcometh the world, our
faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but
he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is He that came by water and blood, Jesus
Christ; not by water only, but by water and
blood. And it is the spirit which testifieth that
Christ is the truth. And there are three who give
testimony in heaven; the Father, the Word, and
the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And
there are three that give testimony on earth; the
spirit, the water, and the blood: and these three
are one. If we receive the testimony of men, the
testimony of God which is greater: for this is
the testimony of God which is greater, because He
hath testified of His Son. He that believeth in
the Son of God hath the testimony of God in
himself.

Alleluia, alleluia.V. Matt.
28, 7. In the day of My resurrection,
saith the Lord, I will go before you into
Galiliee. Alleluia.V. John
20, 26. Eight days after, the doors being
shut, Jesus stood in the midst of His disciples
and said, Peace be unto you. Alleluia.

+Continuation
of the holy Gospel according to St. John.

Gospel. John 20, 19-31

At that time, when it was
late that same day, the first of the week, and
the doors were shut, where the disciples were
gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus
came and stood in the midst, and said to them,
Peace be to you. And when He had said this, He
showed them His hands and His side. The disciples
therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord. He
said therefore to them again, Peace be to you: as
the Father hath sent Me, I also send you. When He
had said this, He breathed on them; and He said
to them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins
you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and
whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.
Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called
Didymus, was not with them, when Jesus came. The
other disciples therefore said to him, We have
seen the Lord. But he said the them, Except I see
in His hands the print of the nails, and put my
finger into the place of the nails, and put my
hand into His side, I will not believe. And after
eight days, again His disciples were within, and
Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being
shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be
to you. Then He said to Thomas, Put in thy finger
hither, and see My hands, and bring hither thy
hand, and put it into My side; and be not
faithless, but believing. Thomas answered, and
said to Him, My Lord, and my God. Jesus saith to
him, Because thou hast seen Me, Thomas, thou hast
believed: blessed are they that have not seen,
and have believed. Many other signs also did
Jesus in the sight of His disciples, which are
not written in this book. But these are written,
that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the
Son of God; and that, believing, you may have
life in His name.

Creed.

Offertory. Matt. 28, 2, 5, 6 An angel
of the Lord descended from heaven, and said to
the women: He Whom you seek is risen as He said,
alleluia.

Secret

Receive, we pray Thee, O
Lord, the gifts of Thine exultant Church, and, as
Thou hast afforded her cause for such great joy,
grant her the fruit of unending gladness. Through
our Lord.

Communion. John 20, 27 Put in
thy hand, and know the place of the nails,
alleluia; and be not incredulous, but believing,
alleluia, alleluia.

Postcommunion

We beseech, O Lord our
God, that Thou make the sacred mysteries which
Thou hast given for the bulwark of our
redemption, to be unto us a healing both in the
present and in the future. Through our Lord.